Diploma of Mental Health

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The Diploma of Mental Health provides students with a high level of specialised skills and knowledge in the mental health sector.

The course is suitable for people currently working in the mental health sector as a manager or upskilling to a management role. The candidate must provide evidence of at least 160 hours of work as detailed in the Assessment Requirements of this qualification. Course details

Resources required

Student will be required to have Internet, computer and chrome to access the online rooms. The content will be topic based not unit based

Timetable

Cairns campus: Face to Face delivery two days per week; Tuesday and Wednesday 9am to 3pm

External delivery: Blended delivery for external students using online classrooms Students are required to attend online classrooms twice a week for an 1.5 hours each (5pm to 6:30 pm Monday and Thursday). The first online class will commence from 29 January 2018, and students can enrol at any time to commence the units on the first Monday of each month. Students are required to commit to 15 hours per week self-paced studied and will have 4 weeks per unit to complete the written assessment for each unit

Video Conferencing: Tuesday mornings 9am – 12noon (Teacher delivers topic based content)
Available to all students (Classroom and External). Students attend their nearest TAFE Queensland, North Region campus video conferencing room (must advice teacher prior to attending, so room can be booked at the applicable campus).

Placement

Vocational Placement is a requirement of the course if not working in the Mental Health Sector. Students will need to complete the minimum of 160 hours of placement under the guidance of a mentor. If students live in the local area of Cairns they will be assisted to find placement if unable to find a placement themselves and students that do not live in the local area will need to find placement and assistance will be given to complete the relevant documentation.

Student will be expected to complete a Vocational Placement Booklet with 3rd Party reports.

Important Information

If the student is not employed in the sector and undertaking Vocational Placement they will need to apply for a Working with Children Blue Card with the assistance of TAFE Queensland and they may also be required to obtain a police check at their own cost dependant on the needs of the industry.

Units

To gain qualification students must complete 20 units; 15 core and 5 electives.

VET student loans will not be approved for students who do not meet the eligibility requirements. VET student loans gives rise to a HELP debt that continues to be a debt due to the Commonwealth until it is repaid.

Payment Plan

If you have difficulty paying the full cost of a course up front, or you are not eligible for VET Student Loan, you might be eligible for a payment plan. This will allow you to pay for your course in instalments, rather than one upfront payment at the time of enrolment.

Note: If you are accessing a VET Student Loan, and there is a difference between the loan cap amount and the total cost of your course (for example your loan cap amount is $10,000 and your course costs $11,000 - there is a $1,000 difference), you are required to pay the difference.

Subsidised

The Queensland Government will offset the cost of study for eligible students. You will still need to pay for a portion of your study costs. The amount above is what you will need to pay.

VET student loans will not be approved for students who do not meet the eligibility requirements. VET student loans gives rise to a HELP debt that continues to be a debt due to the Commonwealth until it is repaid.

Payment Plan

If you have difficulty paying the full cost of a course up front, or you are not eligible for VET Student Loan, you might be eligible for a payment plan. This will allow you to pay for your course in instalments, rather than one upfront payment at the time of enrolment.

Note: If you are accessing a VET Student Loan, and there is a difference between the loan cap amount and the total cost of your course (for example your loan cap amount is $10,000 and your course costs $11,000 - there is a $1,000 difference), you are required to pay the difference.

Concession

You are eligible for the concession price of a course if you are eligible for subsidised training, and are listed on an Australian Government Low Income Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, if you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, you hold a Department of Veterans' Affairs Pensioner Concession Card, or if you have a disability. Further information about concessions.

VET student loans will not be approved for students who do not meet the eligibility requirements. VET student loans gives rise to a HELP debt that continues to be a debt due to the Commonwealth until it is repaid.

Payment Plan

If you have difficulty paying the full cost of a course up front, or you are not eligible for VET Student Loan, you might be eligible for a payment plan. This will allow you to pay for your course in instalments, rather than one upfront payment at the time of enrolment.

Note: If you are accessing a VET Student Loan, and there is a difference between the loan cap amount and the total cost of your course (for example your loan cap amount is $10,000 and your course costs $11,000 - there is a $1,000 difference), you are required to pay the difference.

Enrolment options

By telephone: 1300 656 959. In person: at any TAFE Queensland North location.

Recognition of prior learning

Recognition of prior learning

Fast-track your way to a formal qualification by earning credit for the things you already know. Getting recognition for the skills you've gained from the workplace or previous learning means less study time for you, and getting the paper to prove you're qualified a whole lot sooner.

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Note: All information was accurate at time of publication, however TAFE policies, tuition fees and course content is subject to change without notice. Course commencement is dependent on sufficient enrolments.